diff --git a/src/data.rs b/src/data.rs
index 524aa6e..88b4fd3 100644
--- a/src/data.rs
+++ b/src/data.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 //! Datatypes for the program
 use super::*;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use tokio::sync::{
+    RwLock,
+    mpsc,
+    watch,
+};
+use std::fs::Metadata;
 
 /// A raw file or directory inode number
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash, Copy)]
@@ -14,9 +22,127 @@ impl INode
 	Self(ino)
     }
 
+    /// Get `ino` from an `fs::Metadata` object.
+    #[inline] pub fn new(meta: &Metadata) -> Self
+    {
+	use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt as _;
+	Self(meta.ino())
+    }
+
     /// Convert into raw `u64` inode number.
     #[inline] pub const fn into_inner(self) -> u64
     {
 	self.0
     }
 }
+
+/// A valid file system info
+///
+/// # Note
+/// This does not contains the INode of the fs object itself, that is considered that key to the table.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+pub enum FsInfo
+{
+    File(u64, INode), //Size, parent dir inode
+    Directory,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct INodeCache
+{
+    cache: RwLock<HashMap<INode, FsInfo>>,
+}
+
+/// Cache of `INode`s and their associated infos
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Cache(Arc<INodeCache>, mpsc::Sender<(INode, FsInfo)>, watch::Receiver<bool>);
+
+impl Cache
+{
+    /// Lookup this `INode` in the cache.
+    ///
+    /// # Usage
+    /// Should be used to check if directory `INode`s have already been added, if so, they don't need to be walked.
+    pub async fn get(&self, node: &INode) -> Option<FsInfo>
+    {
+	self.0.cache.read().await.get(node).map(Clone::clone)
+    }
+
+    /// Insert an `INode`'s information into the cache.
+    pub async fn insert(&mut self, node: INode, val: FsInfo)
+    {
+	self.1.send((node, val)).await.expect("Failed to send to caching task: Receiver dropped or closed");
+    }
+
+    /// Create a new, empty, cache.
+    pub fn new() -> Self
+    {
+	let inner = Arc::new(INodeCache {
+	    cache: RwLock::new(HashMap::new()),
+	});
+	let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel(24);
+	let (e_tx, e_rx) = watch::channel(true);
+	
+	tokio::spawn({
+	    let cache = Arc::clone(&inner);
+	    async move {
+		use futures::prelude::*;
+		{
+		    let mut rx = rx
+			.gate_with_timeout(60, duration!(100 ms))
+			.lag(duration!(10 ms));
+		    while let Some(elements) = rx.next().await
+		    {
+			let mut writer = cache.cache.write().await;
+			writer.extend(elements.into_iter());
+		    }
+		    drop(cache); // drop the Arc before broadcasting we're done
+		}
+		let _ = e_tx.broadcast(false);
+	    }
+	});	
+	
+	Self(inner, tx, e_rx)
+    }
+
+    /// Clone the current cache table.
+    ///
+    /// # Notes
+    /// This table may be out of date. Use `try_complete` to wait for a completed version of the table and return that without cloning.
+    pub async fn clone_current_table(&self) -> HashMap<INode, FsInfo>
+    {
+	self.0.cache.read().await.clone()
+    }
+
+    /// Consume into a `Future` that returns the completely filled `HashMap` when background task has finished inserting elements.
+    ///
+    /// # Note
+    /// If there are shared references to the `Cache` other than this one, the future will return this object as `Err`.
+    pub fn try_complete(self) -> impl futures::Future<Output=Result<HashMap<INode, FsInfo>, Self>> + 'static 
+    {
+	async move {
+	    if Arc::strong_count(&self.0) > 2 {
+		return Err(self); // there is another other than the background task holding the shared cache reference
+	    }
+	    let Cache(arc, sender, mut watch) = self;
+	    drop(sender); // drop sender, allowing background task to finish.
+	    while Arc::strong_count(&arc) > 1 && *watch.borrow() {
+		match watch.recv().await {
+		    Some(false) | None => {
+			// background task has closed
+			drop(watch);
+			break;
+		    },
+		    Some(true) => continue,
+		}
+	    }
+	    match Arc::try_unwrap(arc)
+	    {
+		Ok(inner) => {
+		    Ok(inner.cache.into_inner())
+		},
+		#[cold] Err(_) => unreachable!("Arc should have only 1 strong reference now. This should never happend"),
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ext.rs b/src/ext.rs
index 40df186..70de0a3 100644
--- a/src/ext.rs
+++ b/src/ext.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@ pub mod prelude
     pub use super::StreamLagExt as _;
 }
 
+pub trait INodeExt
+{
+    /// Get the `ino` of this fs object metadata.
+    fn inode(&self) -> data::INode;
+}
+
+impl INodeExt for std::fs::Metadata
+{
+    #[inline] fn inode(&self) -> data::INode {
+	data::INode::new(self)
+    }
+}
 
 /// A gated stream that releases every N items from the backing stream.
 #[pin_project]
@@ -116,7 +128,7 @@ where S: Stream
 impl<S> Stream for GatedStream<S, S::Item>
 where S: Stream
 {
-    type Item = Box<[S::Item]>;
+    type Item = Vec<S::Item>;//Box<[S::Item]>;
     fn poll_next(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
 
 	while self.buffer.len() < self.release_at
@@ -162,7 +174,7 @@ where S: Stream
 impl<S> Stream for TimedGatedStream<S, S::Item>
 where S: Stream
 {
-    type Item = Box<[S::Item]>;
+    type Item = Vec<S::Item>;//Box<[S::Item]>;
     #[inline] fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
 	let this = self.project();
 	match this.interval.poll_next_unpin(cx)